Suppose the demand curve for a product is downward sloping and the supply curve is upward sloping. If a unit tax is imposed in the market for this product,
A) sellers bear the entire burden of the tax.
B) the tax burden will be shared among the government, buyers and sellers.
C) the tax burden will be shared by buyers and sellers.
D) buyers bear the entire burden of the tax.
C
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A) the Fed kept the required reserve ratio too low. B) banks failed to create money the way the Fed wanted them to. C) people worried about bank failures after World War I, even though very few banks actually failed. D) there were so many bank failures in the 1930s.
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For the single-price monopoly shown in the figure above, the deadweight loss is
A) zero. B) between $0 and $10. C) between $10.01 and $20. D) more than $20.01.
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